Garden-cultivator



UNITIED 1ra*ree PATENT 1 rree MATHIAS MAU'EBMANN, OF GRAND IEAPIDS, MIOHIGAN.

GARDEN-GULTiV/TOR.

EJIEZCIT TICATIQII forming part of Letters Patent Na. 307581, datecl November 4, 1884. Application iiled May 198.4. (N0 1110d01) T0 all w7wm i15 may concrn:

Be 1E k nown EhaE I, MATHIAS l\/IAUERMANN, 0f Grand Rapide, in Ehe county 0f KenE anti State 0E Miehigan, have invented a new and nseful ImprovemenE 111 Garden-CulEivaEors; and I de hereby deelare EhaE Ehe following 1's a full, elear, ancl exacE description 0f Ehe Same.

1lIy invention 1's an in1provement in gardencultivators adapted E0 be operatecl by hand eiEher by pushing 0r 131111111g, 01 b0Eh.

IE eons1'sts in Ehe details 0f eonstruction by whieh I rencler Ehe implen1ent simple and cheap E0 manufaeture, anc l of such few parts EhaE Ehere is 110 danger 0f Eheir geEEing 011E 0f 0111er.

In Ehe drawings, Figure l represents a plan view 0f n1y eulEivator; Fig. 2, a side eleva- E1011 0f Ehe same; Fig. 3, a view detaehed 0f the bar supporting Ehe culEivaE0r-EeeEh; Figs. 4 and 5, cleEail views of Ehe EeeEh er shovels, and I 1'g. 6 a modifieation 0f an attaehn1enE Eo be subsEiEutecl f0r Ehe EeeEh.

The great objecE 111 Ehe eonsEruction 0f garden implements 1'S Eo make Ehen1 as hghE as possible, and 111 my presenE inventi0n I have endeavored E0 be guided by Ehis known 11eeessity. The frame 1s composed 0f parallel l ea1ns a a, seeured Eogether by b01ts, anysuiE- able 11111nl0er 0f whieh 1nay be employed, Ehe beaxns being kepE Ehe roper (lisEanee aparE by means 0f bloeks inserEed between Ehem, Ehey being held 111 plane, preferably, by. Ehe bolts passing Ehr0ugh Ehem also. I provide a handle, con1posed 0f EWO rods running E0 a poinE beEween Ehe beams, where Ehey arehehl by a suitable holt an(l a erosspieee 101 Ehe 11ppe1. enrls 0f Ehe Same, whieh a1e a suiEable dis- Eanee apart E0 provicle ample 10 111 f01 Ehe operator E0 push Ehe implement a1011g. The handles 111ay 110 raised 01 lowered 111 any wellknown n1a11ner Eo suiE Ehe height 0f Ehe operator. The beams are strengEhened 01 enlarged aE Ehe fronEends, ancl 111 Ehese Ehe j0urnals 0f a wheel, B, have Eheir bearings, whe1eby Ehe depEh 01" cuE is regulatecl 111d Ehe assage 0f Ehe i1nplen1enE 0ver Ehe gr0und more easily aceomplishecl. 'lhis wheel 1nay be 0f any suiE- ab1e size, and Eurns 111 Ehe spaee between Ehe franne.

' My improvecl supporting device f01 Ehe 0111- EivaEing aEtachmenEs is preferably arranged abouE midway beEween Ehe wheel andhandles; buE 1E will be 0bvi0us EhaE Ehe locaEien 1nay be ehanged, 1'ffound clesirable. This supporE- 111g deviee eonsists 0f a easting havingeurved 'arn1s 0 c, adapted E0 Ehe outside of Ehe framebeams, und eonnected aE Ehe b0EE0111 beneath Ehe frame by a horizontal slotted plaEe 01 bar, (Z, Eo whieh Ehe attachn1ents er Eheir immerhaEe supports are seeured. The arme c c extenddn a eurve E0 Ehe rear, and a1e pivoted E0 Ehe f1a111e 011 Ehe outside Ehereof, as bef0re sEated, by a pivobrod, e. Extending fromEhe fr0nE 0f Ehe casEing 011 euch side are arms f f, eurved slightly Eo Ehe rear, and S10Eted, as aEg. These arms f1E Ehe sides of Ehe frame a11ugly, and Ehe easting has alin1ited amount 0fn10ve- 111e11E 111 an approximately verEiealclireebion 1 011 Ehe pivoE e, being guided by pins h h, seE 111 Ehe f1a111e a11(l working in Ehe slots 0f Ehe ar1ns f f. The lower plate 01 bar, d, may be a e0nneeEing-pieee 0f 1neEal W1'Eh sloEEecl encls projeelzi 11g beyond Ehe frame-bea1ns, and Eo Ehis Ehe support for Ehe EeeEh 0r shovels 1naybesecured. In 0ne f01111 I use a bar, 1', sloEted, as sh0wn, and E0 Ehis, by 111ea11S 0f ins ancl nuts, I seeure Ehe culEivaE0r-teeth aE suitable inEer vals. VVhen Ehe Eeeth are properly seE, I seenre Ehe bar E0 Ehe plate d l0y bolEs ancl nuts in any well-known way. lreferably I use washers Q, euE W1Eh a beveled side, as shown in Ehe deEail figure, wh1'eh washer is interposed between Ehe plaEe (Z and Ehe bar 1', Ehus 00111pe115a11111g :f0r Ehe inelinaEion whieh would be given E0 Ehe bar and EeeEh by Ehe adjusE- 111e11E 0f Ehe easEing, as deseribed. Instead 0f Eh'ese eulEivaE0r-EeeEh shovels may be usecl, such as Ehose sh0wn.

AE Ei1nes iE 1nay be desi1able E0 use a h0e er euEEer f0r weeds and Ehe like, insteacl 0f Ehe eultivator EeeEh 01 sh0vels, and Ehis I have sh0wn 111 Fig. 6. I preferably f011n iE of a metal plate of suitable widEh, length, and Ehiekness, wiEh Ehe eclges sharpe'necl. The ende I be11d up, as sh0wn aEl l, ancl f0r1n, pref erably, serew-Ehreads 011E110 reclueecl porEions, as shown aE 2 2. 'lhis I seeure EOEhe lower plate, d, 0f Ehe casEing, as before deseribed 1"01 Ehe eultivator-support, a11d operate in Ehe same 1nanner, adjusEing Ehe easting E0 reise 01 IOO 10wer the cutter or teeth zus may happen 130 be in use. These arts are all readily interchangeable. The handle is supported by a supplemental bar or 10d, 3,- extendifig from a brace-rod bebween the handles to the block ab the rear of the fmme.

What I claim as my invenbion, and desire. 130

secure by Ltters Patent, is

1. In a cultimtor. the combinationwith the fra me and handles, 0f the casting carrying the cultivator-teeth 013 their upport pivobed t0 the frame ab apoint in rear 0f said teeth, and adapted so be adjusted vertically by means 0f the slotted arms' f f, as described.

MATH. MAUERMANN.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH KRUSE, EDWIN VAN HOUTEN. 

